![]() ![]() This is a multi-layered story that teaches math, introduces Indian culture, and has a great moral story. Ancient India – website for older students.Mathwire – has other picture book recommendations similar to One Grain of Rice and lesson plans.Elements from this lesson plan could be used for younger grades such as the activity chart to keep track of the rice. Comprehensive lesson plan for older elementary aged students, focusing on math.Through the surprising power of doubling, one grain of rice grows into more than one billion grains of rice - and Rani teaches the raja a lesson about what it truly means to be wise and fair. Rani asks for just one grain of rice, doubled every day for thirty days. She does a good deed for the raja, and in return, the raja lets her choose her reward. ![]() Then a village girl named Rani devises a clever plan. Then when famine came, the raja refused to share the rice, and the people went hungry. But every year he kept nearly all of the people’s rice for himself. Long ago in India, there lived a raja who believed that he was wise and fair. Themes: Folklore, India, Social Responsibility, Math, Cleverness Title: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale ![]()
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